Col de Vars

Col de Vars
Col de Vars
Location of Col de Vars
Elevation 2,108 m (6,916 ft)
Traversed by D 902
Location
Location Hautes-Alpes/Alpes-de-Haute-Provence,  France
Range Alps

Col de Vars, elevation 2108 m (6916 ft) is a high mountain pass in the Alps between the departments of Hautes-Alpes and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in France.

It connects the Ubaye Valley with the Queyras valley and Embrun. The pass is open only from May to October.

It is traversed by highway D 902, which leads from Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye in the southeast to Vars and on to Guillestre in the northwest.

The pass has been included in the Tour de France 33 times.

See also

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.